Bill Would Ban Photos At Accident Scenes
A state lawmaker doesn't want drivers to stop and take pictures or videos of vehicle accidents.
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A state lawmaker doesn't want drivers to stop and take pictures or videos of vehicle accidents.
State lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have given teenagers who had consensual sex a means of getting off the sex offender registry.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and his Republican colleagues are threatening to send out police to detain and forcibly bring back the 14 absent Democratic state senators.
Mayor-elect and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel was back in Washington today, to pay his first visit to President Barack Obama since the mayoral election.
Mayor Richard M. Daley said Thursday that the United States has become a nation of "whiners," and said it's time to snap out of it.
When the "fake" Rahm Emanuel who Tweeted during the mayoral campaign was revealed to be a college professor, the "real" Rahm wrote a $5,000 check on his behalf to the charity of his choice: Young Chicago Authors.
Chicago's next mayor is scheduled to meet with his former boss in Washington, Rahm Emanuel's transition office confirmed.
Rahm Emanuel said Thursday that he wants to have a full cabinet in place by the time he takes office as mayor of Chicago, including a new superintendent for the Chicago Police Department.
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel said Thursday that a non-profit political organization backing pro-Emanuel aldermanic candidates should reveal the names of its contributors.
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel said he would accept a casino in Chicago, but an anti-gambling advocate is calling for a citywide referendum first.
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel says he doesn't want to waste any time in finding a new leader for the Chicago Police Department.
Gov. Pat Quinn is drawing criticism for a proposal to cut the state's costs by merging school districts.
Mayor Richard M. Daley plans to go on the speaking circuit after he leaves office in May, but he's already getting a head start today.
University presidents have begun their annual trek to Springfield to ask lawmakers for money for the next fiscal year.
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) says cutting pension benefits for current state employees is, in his words, "clearly unconstitutional."
